CVE-2012-3401

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    CVE-2012-3401

    Published: 13 Aug 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The t2p_read_tiff_init function in tiff2pdf (tools/tiff2pdf.c) in LibTIFF 4.0.2 and earlier does not properly initialize the T2P context struct pointer in certain error conditions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1590.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/49938, http://secunia.com/advisories/50007, http://secunia.com/advisories/50726, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-02.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2552, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:127, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1511-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=596457, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=837577, http://libjpeg-turbo.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libjpeg-turbo?view=revision&revision=830, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00011.html, http://osvdb.org/84090, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/19/1, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/19/4, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54601, http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77088

    Affected packages

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High